Dent and scratch help (photo attached)

myshirt

I'm sure the topic has been posted many a time...

Does anyone have experience of something similar?

How much would it cost to fix it? They are not clean scratches, but jagged, and there's a slight dent at the top of the damage (about 8cm long x 3cm)

cocobear

myshirt wrote: »

I'm sure the topic has been posted many a time...

Does anyone have experience of something similar?

How much would it cost to fix it? They are not clean scratches, but jagged, and there's a slight dent at the top of the damage (about 8cm long x 3cm)

All depends where you go
However prepare for a shock
Labour, paint, and heat and electricity to perform task are not cheap
Shop around but beware of the guy operating out of his mother's garage with no spray booth or oven, last thing you want is to pay fora repair thats clearly visible from 50 feet away!

myshirt

cocobear wrote: »

All depends where you go
However prepare for a shock
Labour, paint, and heat and electricity to perform task are not cheap
Shop around but beware of the guy operating out of his mother's garage with no spray booth or oven, last thing you want is to pay fora repair thats clearly visible from 50 feet away!

Can you offer any advice? What's the correct way a guy should fix this, because I have been offered two approaches and I don't know if one is overkill or where I stand...

eg6 vtec

Cant see a pic for some reason, i could help you out with a rough price as its what i do

@cocobear

Why beware of the guy operating out of his mother's garage with no spray booth or oven, if you had a bad experience im sorry to hear but please don't compare others to this,

i am a spray painter for just over 12 years and have worked in one of the best set up body shops at the time and also my mothers garage for a time and now my own garage, i have a very busy business at the moment without the use of an oven, all i have is a very well set up clean room with the proper extraction and filtration set up and i get on very well and even have a 3 month waiting list for work :cool:

myshirt

eg6 vtec wrote: »

Cant see a pic for some reason, i could help you out with a rough price as its what i do

@cocobear

Why beware of the guy operating out of his mother's garage with no spray booth or oven, if you had a bad experience im sorry to hear but please don't compare others to this,

i am a spray painter for just over 12 years and have worked in one of the best set up body shops at the time and also my mothers garage for a time and now my own garage, i have a very busy business at the moment without the use of an oven, all i have is a very well set up clean room with the proper extraction and filtration set up and i get on very well and even have a 3 month waiting list for work :cool:

Photo attached

eg6 vtec

myshirt wrote: »

Photo attached

if thats the only damage you will get away with a smart repair €80+VAT

or if you want the whole bumper done €150+VAT

that would be an average price in most places hope this helps

myshirt

eg6 vtec wrote: »

if thats the only damage you will get away with a smart repair €80+VAT

or if you want the whole bumper done €150+VAT

that would be an average price in most places hope this helps

It's the imprint at the top though, the dent.

You'd have to take off the bumper to get at that wouldn't you?

Prices I was quoted ranged from 160 for smart to 300 for entire bumper. Am I being fleeced in terms of what's needed, and the cost of whatever that is also?

eg6 vtec

myshirt wrote: »

It's the imprint at the top though, the dent.

You'd have to take off the bumper to get at that wouldn't you?

Prices I was quoted ranged from 160 for smart to 300 for entire bumper. Am I being fleeced in terms of what's needed, and the cost of whatever that is also?

if i was doing a smart i would only release the corner of the bumper and drop out the wheel arch liner, bit of heat and a push would get it right, but that's me

Can i ask where you got that quote, it seams a bit over priced to me but i don't have the over heads of most big set up garages so you have to take that into account as well i suppose

Nissan doctor

I know its off topic and I don't want to insult the OP, but I can never help but laugh when I see clear parking damage on bumpers directly beside parking sensors:eek:

myshirt

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I know its off topic and I don't want to insult the OP, but I can never help but laugh when I see clear parking damage on bumpers directly beside parking sensors:eek:

Point taken. Facepalm.

Got a bad call on the bluetooth, went to whip the car around and rubbed against post.

It's in a position that the sensors did not pick up, but they work.